Middle English Dictionary Entry
rēm(e n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | rēm(e n.(1) |
| Etymology | OE rēam |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Cream; milk(es ~; (b) eccl. consecrated oil, chrism [by confusion of creme n.(2) with creme n.(1)].
Associated quotations
a
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)128 : Me þenchet þes pine swete so eni milc rem [Auch: milkes rem].
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1455 : Þat on is white so milkes rem, Þat oþer is red, so feris lem.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)319a/b : Mylk is vsed..to clensynge and to abate hete, for þe whey is departed fro þe reme [vr. creme; L butyrositate].
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)661/15 : Coactum: reme.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)103a : Reme: quaccum [read: quactum].
b
- c1390 Disp.Virg.& Cross (Vrn)436 : Cristened we weore In Red rem Whon his bodi bledde on þe Beem.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1475 Cmb.Dd.5.76 Artist.Recipes (Cmb Dd.5.76) 220/21 : To make rosyne..Take a kalkeston and vnscleked lyme and put þam in a wessell with water; [tak] þe ryme þat standes abowen þe water and put þat away, [etc.].
Note: Glossary: "ryme n. 'scum'."
Note: Cf. OED ream, n.2, sense 3. 'A layer of scum or froth on the surface of a liquid.'
Note: New sense, new spelling.